On January 28, State Senator Ed Murray announced the next incremental expansion to Washington's Domestic Partnership Bill. The latest expansion, which will be heard in the House and Senate on February 5, hopes to grant domestic partnerships all the remaining rights which were excluded from the first two bills, making civil unions emore --------------------------------------------------

More than 400 Gay activists gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center January 24 to organize and strategize to win back same-sex marriage in California. But attendees at the daylong Equality Summit spent just as much time looking backward - at the errors made by the leadership of the Nmore--------------------------------------------------

Iceland's president has asked Johanna Sigurdardottir, the openly Lesbian Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security, to form a new government after former Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned on January 23. If she is able to assemble a majority coalition, she will become the world's first Lemore --------------------------------------------------

Martin Luther King, Jr., would have turned 80 years old on January 15. On Monday, January 19, Americans were asked by President and Mrs. Obama to honor the Civil Rights leader by contributing their time and effort to community service projects in their local neighborhoods. In Seattle, manymore --------------------------------------------------

A lot of people have been saying that Prop 8 was our side's to lose and that missteps by the No on 8 Campaign snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Those analyses ignore hardcore obstacles and fundamentals underlying the contest, including how hard it is to hold and move opinions on marriage more --------------------------------------------------

Los Angeles, Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Neil Giuliano, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), today announced his resignation to pursue personal interests while completing his forthcoming book about his public and political life. Giuliano has served as prmore --------------------------------------------------

Northwest NewsMUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
PRESENTS FREE CONCERT
SPARKS OF GLORY: A VANISHED WORLD
On Saturday, January 31, starting at 2 p.m., Music of Remembrance presents a FREE afternoon concert at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., dedicated to the vibrant and distinctive communal life of Jewish Europe before the Holocaust. David Stock's nostalgic "A Vanished World" summmore

GLSEN examines LGBT students of color
LGBT students of color face unique and diverse challenges regarding victimization at school, according to Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools, a report released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

Mercy and Cuteness went to the Metropolitan Opera encore broadcast of La Rondine. Marco Armiliato conducted the met orchestra playing Puccini's music flawlessly. A fun aspect of this performance was that the singers in the principal roles were married in real life. Angela Gheorgiu more
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